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Volume LX
Chiang Rushes More Troops
Into Area North of Nanking;
Conflicting Claims Made
Nationalists and Communists Both Announce
Encirclement Moves Completed; Half Million
Soldiers Now Engaged in Civil War Battle
Nanking. Dec. 8 ';U.E) Reliable sources said tonight that
GiMierahssmio Chiang Kai-shek has rushed another army
6. w.. . M..UU1HUISI u uups into tne vast bat
ue oi entii uicinciii, un mis approncnes to Nanking
More than a half-million communist and nationalist troop
were repored locked in the bitter battle between Pentrnu lot
miles north of Nanking, and
.L
iiaiiuiiiiimi aim reu sources.
I'he government reported that
0 communist columns of
ibout 300,000 troops had been
caught between nationalist
lorces at Pengpu and those
moving south from abandon
ed Suchow.
Those communist forces have
fallen into a fast government en
irclement movement," said the
government-controlled Central
news agency.
Claim Encirclement
However, the communists re
ported that their forces above
I'engpu have linked up with other
Jied units farther north and com
pleted the encirclement of three
nationalist army groups totaling
22 divisions 220,000 men flee
ing south from Suchow.
The communist radio said the
highways south of Suchow "are
flittered with Koumintane uartv
fears and American equipment."
I nenaDie sources said Chiang
drew' his latest army group of re
inforcements from Gen. Pau
it hunghsl's Hankow command.
'I he group, commanded bv Gen.
j( hang Kan, was stationed at Sin
lyang, 300 miles west of Nanking.
it was ordered to march imme
lialely to Yungcheng. 50 miles
southwest of Suchow, focal point
if the battle of encirclement.
I With this army groun. Chiang
lias thrown army reinforcements
Dialing some 140,000 men Into
he mounting battle above Nan-
ng in the past 10 days.
Ernest Rixe Leads
lose Bowl Race
The Ten O'clock Coffee plub's
lose bowl sweepstakes competi
mn entered its final week today.
.vilh Ernest Rixe leading, 605, and
iiu fierce, wno has 560 points, in
cond place. Don Thompson has
b2'4 points for third place and
is MCKenzie 32a for fourth
lace. Winner of the sweepstakes.
villi points based on Bend cham-
er of commerce members signed.
Mil receive a trip for two, all ex
penses paid, to the Rose bowl
Afootball game New Year's day.
i At this morning's meeting of
the Ten O'clock club at the Sky
illine Steak house, 14 new chamber
; members were announced. They
v follow:
Veterans' News service, Glen
isla club, Ted Cooper agency,
: Harold E. Hagen, Joe Pitliano,
Valdorf Coffee shop, Andis Weld
it lug and Tractor shop, Cuffin's
: Hardware store, Mrs. Olga Rice,
'I t laude Cook, Deschutes Bever
ages, G.I. ranch, Cascade Vene
l tian Blind co., and Kinney's.
The Ten O'clock club's mem
liership contest will end next Wed
nesday, at 10:30 a.m., it was de
: ' "led at this morning's meeting of
! I he group.
TYPHOON TO HIT ISLAND
Tokyo, Dec. 8 ll A tvphoon
nh 85-mile-an-hour winds is ex-
cicd to hit northern Luzon to-
'iy, the U. S. typhoon warning
ictwork said.
Fire Losses on
Torest Lowest
Fire losses in the Deschutes na-
lonal forest in the 1948 season
P'-eie the lowest In history, 15
fines In 99 different fires, accord
ing to figures released today by
ail C. Baker, fire protective as
sistant on the Deschutes. The
irgest fire of the season was un
ler four acres, in the Sisters dis
iict. Of the 99 fires renorted. 87 were
n the "A" class, one-fourth of an
ne or less, and the rest were
B" fires, under 10 acres. De-
Dltp thn Inn, fiwi ln tun rttal
iiumber of fires. 99. rieared the
five-year average for the Des-
"uies, 1U3.
Seventy of the fires were
taited by lightning and 29 were
nan caused, with 12 starting from
"'"pnres. isine were charged
rainst smokers. Locomotives.
IMM'lll.
But the situation was obscured by conflicting claims from
, r ana even com asnes
j J'cre responsible for others.
V .The low fire loss In the 1948
V-pson is partly attributed to the
"us,uaiiy short lire season, from
THE BEND
TWO SECTIONS
hpflVWin Pannnn 1 IU
Suchow. another s miio. tA v.
' vw
Russia Halts
Mail Exchange
With West Berlin
Berlin, Dec. 8 UP) Russia has
halted the exchange of mail be
tween the eastern and western
sectors of Berlin In the first step
10 impose even greater sanctions
against tne western powers be
cause of last Sunday's anti-communist
elections, it was announc
ed today.
J. H. Gayer, an American com
municatlons official, disclosed
that soviet - controlled German
postal officials advised him that
mail traffic had been suspended
monaay, tne day after the elec
tions. Previously, 600 mall bags
were exenanged dally.
Communists In Session
rteuaDie German sources re
ported top German communist
leaders and soviet occuDation of
ficials were in continuous session
at soviet headquarters in Karls-
norst to lormulate a new commu
nist program for Germany.
The sources said the talks were
spurred by Sunday's election and
that the communist delegation
was headed by Walter Ulbrlght,
who returned from Moscow last
week.
Russian authorities also have
hinted through the German press
mat mey wouia nan an transpor
tation between eastern and west
ern Berlin and cut off the soviet
sector power sources used by
Benin s elevated railway.
Road Betterment
Sought by Club
Powell Butte, Dec. 8 At the
suggestion of J. C. Minson. a
member who is also a county
commissioner, the Powell Butte
Farmers' club at Its Monday
nignt meeting here pledged itself
to cooperate In eliminating blind
right-angle corners on intersec
tions of county roads of the dis
trict. Many of the corners are char
acterized by obscurity of vision
by Juniper trees and a heavy
growth of sweet clover, Minson
said. The action was given stim
ulus by a recent collision of a car
and a truck near Powell Butte.
Don Copley, driver of the truck,
is in a hospital recovering from
serious inluries.
The farmers' club also discuss
ed plans of approach to the state
highway department with the aim
of slowing down traffic on high
way 28 between the grade school
and the Avres store. It was sug-
gesfed bv some that a blinker
light be installed at the expense
of the community in case the
highway department does not feel
justified in such an installation.
Deschutes
in History
earlv June to mid-September. The
early part of the season was
damp, with snow reaching well
into the foothills, and autumn
rains came early.
Offsetting the short fire season
was an extremely hazardous situ
ation in early September when the
humidity dropped to dangerously
low marks at a time when errat
ic and occasionally high winds
swept through the forest. It was
in the week of September 7 to 15
that the moisture content of
"sticks," used in determining the
fire hazard, dropped to an all-time
low of three.
Another condition that Increas
ed the fire hazard in the late sum
mer was the abundance of dry
vegetation that formed a highly
Inflammable carpet. Vegetation
was lush in the spring and early
summer, due to heavy precipita
tion, and this dried into a tinder-
like mass in late summer.
Last year, the fire loss on the
Deschutes was also low, 3C6 acres those brought back to this coun
on lorest service lands. try on the transport.
BEND,
'Lost Stage Valley' First
Published Book by Bonham
v j v.. y 1
I
If some of the characters Frank
Bonham, Bend author, puts into
his western stories could see him
turning out about 2,000 words a
day on an electric typewriter in a
comfortable- office, where his
bookshelves are dotted with such
six-gunless words as "Les Miser-
ables' 'and Vergil's "Aeneid", they
would probably say, in accepted
western fashion, ''Howdy, strang
er" and mean it.
Bonham's first book, "Lost
Stage Valley," has just been pub
lished by Simon and Schuster.
But no stranger to the lore of
the west is Frank Bonham, who,
though he looks more metropol
itan and smooth than rugged, has
been weaving quick-triggered
stories around cowboys and stage
coaches for more than 12 years.
That's one year for each round of
.44 caliber lead packed by one of
his two-fisted heroes, and Bonham
says it is really something to see
how the western story has chang
ed since he first hit the pulp In
that field. The plots are essential
ly the same, "he says, and basic
ally, the "shoot-em-up" action Is
part of a formula that will prob
ably never change. But the nar
rative style me way of telling
the story has been altered con
siderably. For Instance, Bonham
said, such fanciful phrases as "his
heavy heels beat a death tattoo on
the rough pine :planking" bring
frowns from present day editors,
and today a villian doesn't, "with
rasping breath, slump writhlngly
to the floor" when shot. He just
falls, dead.
Thirty-four years a resident of
Los Angeles, Bonham brought his
family to Bend "for story back
ground and to get away from the
smog". He doesn't drawl any more
than any southern Califorman
would be expected to, and al
though' western story magazines
have been his livelihood for over
a dozen years, he says "I haven't
Pedestrian Hit
By Automobile,
Then Arrested
Chicago, Dec. 8 LP Charles
Wagner, 47, was struck by an
automobile today and was handed
a summons charging him with
failure to yield the right of way
to a vehicle.
He was knocked down as he
crossed a street by a car driven
by Fred Gnabah, dz. tie received
minor cuts and bruises.
Gnabah told police Wagner
stepped In front of his car and
that he was unable to avoid hit
ting him. Wagner filed a com
plaint against unaDan.
However, police charged that
Wagner was jaywalking and gave
him the summons wmcn orders
him to appear in safety court
Dec. 14.
It was believed the first time
in Chicago traffic department his
tory that a person struck by a
car was charged with jaywalking.
If convicted, Wagner could be
fined as much as $200.
Bend Airman's
Body Returned
Aboard an army transport that
reached New York today from
Europe are the remains of 2,047
Americans, including a Bend air
man, Sgt. Paul W. Redden, son of
Rev. and Mrs. George H. Redden.
Members of the family said to
day that plans for local services
will be announced later, when the
date of the arrival of Sgt. Red
den's remains Is known. Next of
kin had been notified in advance
of the arrival of the vessel.
Armed forces dead originally In
terred in military cemetarlea In
England and France are among
CENTRAL OREGON'S
DESCHUTES COUNTY, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 8. 1948
read a pulp In three years". Ap
parently others read the pulps for
which lie wrote, however, for the
publishing house of Simon and
Schuster asked him to do a book
length ' story for them. "That,"
Bonham said, "Is how I happen
ed to write 'Lost Stage Valley'."
He is working now on another,
more or less of a sequel, with Ore
gon background.
Many people, Bonham com
mented, seem to have the entirely
erroneous idea that when a per
son has a book published, he is
thereby immediately transformed
through some magic metamor
phosis into an "author Instead of
a writer". The distinction, to him
Is purely a mental one.
And some people even think
that being an author Is synono
mous with being wealthy. "Some
writers like to say so, too," mused
the affable author, "but you know
when they do that they are Just as
hungry as you are."
The Bonhams have two boys,
aged five and two -and-a h,-.lf
When asked if he would like to
see David, the older, follow In his
footsteps into the writing game,
father Bonham said sure, if he
wants to. "Right now he doesn't
seem to have the inclination. He
wants to drive a log truck, and
teases me because I can't drive a
log truck."
One gets the feeling from talk
ing with Frank Bonham that
whether he were driving a log
truck or, with the transcending
assistance of a typewriter, driving
a herd of cattle, he would do a
fast, thorough and Interesting job
of it.
For one so lively and verbal on
a typewriter, Bonham, with more
stories behind him than the old
west had bad-men, views the fic
tion writing game with languid
consideration. "It's a good job,"
he says, "if you like It."
He appears to like it.
Club Talks Cover
Range of Subjects
Talks presented by Toastmast
ers last night at their weekly
meeting in the Trailways coffee
shop ranged from furs to taxes,
with Max Mlllsap In the role of
toastmaster. Bob Thomas was
table topic chairman and called
on each member of the club for
a one-minute talk, with the sub
ject assigned as the speaker got
No his feet. The main talks were
limited to five minutes.
Principal speakers and their
topics were: Vern Larson, "What
to Do In Case of an Accident";
Dr. J. M. McCarthy, "Thoughts
for the Future"; Frank Bonham,
"Political and Economic Aspects";
Don H. Peoples, "The Income
Tax"; Dr. Bradford N. Pease.
"The Plymouth Colony." and
Bruno Rath, "The Fur Industry."
George Simcrville was chief
evaluator, with Dick Bottcher,
Fred Paine, Gifford Briggs, Joe
Slate and Bill Niskanen as his as
sistants. Alva C. Goodrich was
guest speaker.
M SHOPPING
DAYS LEFT
BULLEI
DAILY NEWSPAPER
Recovery by
Marshal Is
Called Good
Officials Hope Secretary
Will Be Able to Stay
In Cabinet Position
Washington, Dec. 8 mi Secre
tary of State George C. Marshall
today Is making "an uneventful
recovery" from his serious kidney
operation.
The optimistic report by Walter
Reed hospital on Marshall's con
dition was made as the possibility
was raised that he mignt have 10
give up his cabinet post because
of his health.
One of his kidneys was remov
ed during an operation at the
army hospital yesterday.
Col. J. U. Weaver, Walter Reed
commandant, issued a bulletin at
10:30 a.m. today which said.
"Gen. Marshall had a good
night, and is making an unevent
ful recovery from his operation.
No Complications
"His temperature, pulse, and
respiration are satisfactory at the
present time, and tnere is no lndl
ation of any complications. The
general sat up in bed this morn
ing." A state department spokesman
said another bulletin on Mar
shall's condition probably would
be released around 3 p.m. EST.
If Marshall's recovery is rapid,
as the tone of this morning's bul
letin Indicates, administration of
ficials believe he will stay on the
job.
Medical authorities said such
surgery us removal of a kidney
ordinarily would force a man of
Marshall s years to give ud exact
ing duties. He will be 68 this
month.
President Truman has received
assurances from the former armv
chief of staff that he will con
tinue as secretary of state If his
health permits. But the president
was said by associates to be wil
ling to accept Marshall !) resigna
tion rather than jeopardize his
health.
Plans Made for
Celilo Village ...
Portland, Dec. 8 (111 The fed
eral bureau of Indian affairs an
nounced today It had completed
plans to replace the old Indian
fishing village of Celilo, Ore., on
the Columbia river near The
Dalles with a new town In the
same area.
The old fishing village has
been described as "picturesque"
by some but as an "eyesore" by
others.
The plans were developed at
several conferences with Col. E.
Morgan Pryse, director of the far
western zone of Indian affairs.
They have been approved by the
Celilo fish committee, represent
ing Warm Springs, Yakima and
Umatilla tribes and the Celilo
group of Indians.
Between $15,000 and $20,000 will
be added from the zone's local
road fund to $125,000 appropriat
ed by the government for the
project.
Col. Pryse said all living facili
ties would be located south of the
Columbia river highway and the
railroad as a measure of greater
safety and sanitation for the In-'
dians. Underpasses will give them
sate access to the banks of the Co
lumbia. General plans include a mu
seum, an arts and crafts shop
and a fish market.
Brother of Hiss
At Jury Session
New York, Dec. 8 ilii Donald
Hiss, former government official
and brother of Alger Hiss, today
entered the chambers of I he
grand Jury investigating commu
nism and espionage.
Donald Hiss, a tall, gaunt man
who bears a marked resemblance
to his brother, walked briskly
inlo the guarded anteroom suite
used by impending witnesses as
the grand jury convened for Hie
third day of its new Inquiry into
a Washington spy network.
As the jury convened, It was
learned that Mrs. Alger Hiss may
be called to testify before the Dec.
15 expiration of this jury's nom
inal sessions..
Donald Hiss joined the slate de
partment in 1938 as an assistant
to the legal adviser. During the
war he served as a member of an
economic mission to French
North Africa. He later was ap
pointed as executive assistant to
the assistant secretary of state. In
1H45 he left his Job as deputy di
rector of the state department's
office of economic affairs to be
come a partner in a Washington
law firm.
Official Says
U. S. Codes
Now Secure
. Washington, Dec. 8 UP) The
state department's code system
has been brought up to date and
made much more nearly spy-proof
since 11 was jeopardized m 1H37
38 by the theft of department se
crets, Undersecretary Robert A.
Lovett said today.
Lovett made the statement at a
news conference discussion of
evidence turned over to the house
un-American activities committee
Dy ex-communist w h 1 1 1 a k e r
Chambers.
Reviewing department efforts
to tighten up secrecy, Lovett said
he knew that its code work now
is very much more secure both
against breaking and theft of doc
uments.
Lovett added that the state de
partment has been told by cryto
graphic exiierts that its code work
is as secure as any material of
that nature can be.
Truman to Name
Emergency Board
In Rail Dispute
Washington, Dec. 8 Mi Presi
dent Truman will appoint an
emergency board to stop a threat
ened shutdown of the sprawling
Southern Pacific railroad If the
labor dispute is not settled before
the Dec. 15 strike deadline.
Chairman Frank P. Douglass of
the national mediation board told
newsmen after a White House
conference It would be "natural"
for Truman to name an emergen
cy board if the dispute remains
unsettled.
Douglass said he has sent a me
diator to San Francisco to try to
revive stalled negotiations be
tween the railroad and the Broth
erhood of Firemen and Engine-
men. Ho said he was optimistic
(hat a settlement can be worked
out before the strike deadline.
But, he made It clear that Tru
man will force a postponement of
the walkout If no peaceful settle
ment Is reached before the strike
deadline. . . . , ,
' Appointment-of an emergency
board would automatically post
pone the threatened strike of
3,000 firemen and englnemen for
at least 60 days, mediation board
officials said.
Inspection of Bend
Schools Finished
The standardization check of
the Bend elementary schools was
completed the first of this week
by Miss Neva Dallas, elementary
school superintendent from the
state department of education, ac
cording to Velma Buckingham,
county school superintendent.
Miss Dallas' official report on the
results of her Investigations has
not been made yet, however, Mrs.
Buckingham said.
Miss Dallas was also scheduled
to inspect the Redmond schools
this week, but It was necessary
for her to postpone her check of
those schools until after the first
of the week, Mrs. Buckingham
said, because of some slate de
partment of education business
which required her immediate at
tention. Hay-Laden Truck
Blocks Highway
The Waplnilla-Mt. Hood route
into Portland suffered another
blockade yesterday afternoon
when a hay-laden truck, Portland
bound from the Redmond area,
skidded across the road near Bear
springs, on the Wapinilia. Traf
fic was delayed several hours.
The Pacific Trailways bus due
here yesterday evening at 6:30
did not reach Bend until around
9:30. primarily because of Ihe
blockade.
Koads in Ihe Bend area were
dangerously slick this morning,
result of freezing weather that
followed yesterday's thaw. In
Mend, Ihe temperature dropped
from a maximum of M yesterday
to a minimum of 18 last night,
glazing the streets with ice.
IWA Wage Meet
Setfor Jan. 8
Portland, "Dec. 8 1U1) The Inter
national Woodworkers of Amer
ica (CIO) will open a regional
wage conference here Jan. 8, It
was announced today.
The announcement said dele
gates would decide what points
they will seek in their contracts
with employers In Pacific north
west fir and pine areas.
Former State Department :
Worker Questioned by House
Spy Investigating Committee
Documents Came From Office of High Official
Who Got Job for Hiss in 1936; Chambers "
Not Available for Questioning at Hearing
Washington, Dec. 8 TJ.E) House spy investigators today
questioned in secret the secretary of former high state de
partment official from whose office communists allegedly
stole top secrets in 1937-38.
The witness was identified as Eunice A. Lincoln, about 50,
who, was secretary to Francis B. Sayre when Sayre was as
sistant secretary of state.
She appeared before the house un-American activities com
mittee after the house group had made an unsuccessful effort
to have ex-communist VVhitta-
ker Chambers brought here
for questioning in a night ses
sion.
Chambers recently produc
ed scores of stolen state sec
rets which he said Alger Hiss
and three other former fed
eral officials turned over to him
when he tChambers) was a com
munist courier In 1937-38.
Official Identified
The committee has said Sayre
was the official who got Hiss a
state department Job In 1936 and
that most of the stolen documents
came from Sayre's office.
Both Chambers and Hiss are
testifying in New York before a
federal grand Jury investigating
communist espionage.
Rep. Karl E. Mundt, R., S. D.,
said the justice department offi
cials told his group It would be
impossible to bring Chambers
here tonight. Mundt said he got
the Impression the turn-down
stemmed from U. S. Attorney
John F. X. McGohey In New York.
The committee planned to hear
Chambers after dinner late this
evening if it could be arranged.
He together with Hiss is under
the subpena of a New York grand
Jury investigating communism
and espionage.
Violin Concert
Set for Monday
Fred Dallas, well-known local
violinist, will be presented In con
cert Monday at 8 p.m. In the Allen
school auditorium. He will be
assisted by the Bend Gleemen, un
der direction of Don P. Pence. The
Bend Lions club is sponsoring the
concert.
Dallas has chosen a well-round
ed variety of numbers, including
a group of Fritz Krelsler composi
tions and other familiar selec
tions. The first group will in
clude "Czardas," by V. Monti;
Dallas arrangement of the Irish
folk melody, "Londonderry Air,'
"Frasquila Serenade," by Franz
Lehar; "Caratlna," by Raff
"From the Canebrake," a Negro
spiritual by bamuel Gardner, and
"Slcllienne and Rigaudon," by
Francols-Couperln.
Uleemen to Appear
Three numbers by the Gleemen
will follow. They will include
"Evening," a Finnish folk song ar
ranged by Ralph Marryott; Red
dick's arrangement of "Ah! Sweet
Mystery of Life," by Victor Her
bert, from the operetta, "Naughty
Marietta," and "This Is My Coun
try," arranged by Ray Rlngwald.
Next Dallas will play the fol
lowing Fritz Krelsler composi
tions: "Leibesfreud (Love's Joy),"
"Llebcslied (Love's Sorrow),"
"Schon Rosmarin," "Midnight
Bells" and "The Old Refrain."
Further variety will be intro
duced by a "barbershop" quartet,
composed of Gleemen Bill Taber,
Randolph Craig, Lloyd Abrams
and Gale Sigmund, who will sing
selected numbers.
Final group by Dallas will in
clude his original arrangement of
Debussy's "Clare de Lune," "Alt
Wien (Old Vienna)." bv Godow-
sky; "Meditation," from Ihe opera,
lhals, by Massenet, and Krcls
ler's arrangement of "The Ros
ary," by Ethelbert Nevln.
Members of the Lions club arc
selling tickets to the concei t. Tick
ets are ulso available at the City
drug store.
Dates Set for
Ski School at
Definite dates for the Bend Jun
ior chamber of commerce ski
school, to be held at the Hoodoo
bowl, have been set, it was an
nounced today by Jaycec officials.
Originally it was planned to hold
the school on Saturday, but a sur
vey revealed that Sundays would
be more convenient.
The first session of the ski
school vill be held on Sunday, Jan
uary 9, with four consecutive
Sunday sessions planned. Other
dates will be January 1G. 23 and
30. The starting time will be l:dU
o'clock each afternoon, with two
hour sessions planned.
The schools will be conducted
in four divisions, for grade school
State Forecast
Oregon Cloudy with inter
mittent snow tonight and
Thursday. Low tonight 18
to 28. " "
No. 3
t ft T l
iranic nesumea
As Santiam Snow
Slide Is Cleared
Salem, Dec. 8 (IP) Traffic was
back to normal winter driving
over both the north and south
Santiam highways today after a
200 foot-long slide was cleared at
Hogg rock one mile west of San
tiam pass.
The state highway commission
said snow was falling In the Cas
cades again today after one day
of heavy rain. . Most .mountain'
routes were again covered with
packed snow.
Sanders and plows were operat
ing on the Mt. Hood-Wapinltla,
Santiam, Willamette, The Dalles- -California
and John Day high
ways. .
Six inches of new snow fell at
Santiam pass last night, two in
ches at Government camp, two -Inches
at Odell lake but elsewhere
little or no new snow was re
ported. , . 1
Packed Snow on Roads
The Mt. Hood-Waplnitia route
was packed across Wapinitia
pass. The Willamette highway
had packed snow from Salt creek
tunnel to tne east end of tne sec
tion. . .o,-.-J u.
- Packed snow was reported at
some places on The Dalles-California
route and Ice was being
sanded the entire length of the
highway. The Green springs
highway was icy but sanded. The
Klamath Falls-Lakeview had
spots of packed snow and ice.
Snow was drifting on all high
ways In the Lakevlew area, .and
packed snow covered the Fre-'
mont highway. Snow also was
drifting in the Warner valley
area.
Packed snow was reported on
the Ochoco, John Day, Central
Oregon and Old Oregon Trail
highways. Ice hampered traffic
near Ontario.
Oregon School
Debt Increases
Salem. Dec. 8 (IP The school
districts in 25 of Oregon's 36 coun
ties Increased their indebtedness
during the two year period which
ended June 30, 1948, State treas
urer Leslie M. Scott said today.
Districts of the other 11 coun-
tes decreased their indebtedness,
Scott said.
On June 30, 1946, the net . In
debtedness of school districts
throughout Oregon was $5,370,-
808. On June 30, 1948, the net was
$13,390,700. The increase was $8,
019.893. Counties showing a decrease in
indebtedness of school districts in
cluded: Crook. $31,414. Counties
showing an Increase In school dis
trict indebtedness included: ues
chutes, $167,500; Jefferson, $159,-
198.
TO RETURN TO PST
Sacramento, Dec. 8 HPi Gov.
Earl Warren today announced
that California will go back to
Pacific standard time on Jan. 1.
Bend Jaycee's
Hoodoo Bowl
pupils, high school students, col
lege students and adults. Instruc
tors will Include Jim Hosmer, Paul
Hosmer, Jr., Phil Peoples, Sam
Peoples, Bill Bowes and several
others, the Jaycees announced.
The $4 registration fee will cover
expenses of the school, literature
and Jayeee ski school buttons.
Transportation from Bend to the
bowl Is being arranged through
Trailways, with low price fares
provld.-d. Students must provide
their vn skis. Skis can be rent
ed at Santiam lodge or Hoodoo
bowl.
Plans for the registration of ski
students will be announced In the
next few days, Bill Barton of the
Jaycees has announced.